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施捨不可張揚

“你們小心,不要在眾人面前行你們的義,讓他們看見;如果這樣,就得不到你們天父的賞賜。 因此你施捨的時候,不可到處張揚,好像偽君子在會堂和街上所作的一樣,以博取眾人的稱讚。我實在告訴你們,他們已經得了他們的賞賜。 你施捨的時候,不要讓左手知道右手所作的, 好使你的施捨是在隱密中行的。你父在隱密中察看,必定報答你。

如何禱告(A)

“你們祈禱的時候,不可像偽君子;他們喜歡在會堂和路口站著祈禱,好讓人看見。我實在告訴你們,他們已經得了他們的賞賜。 但你祈禱的時候,要進到密室裡去,關上門,向在隱密中的父祈禱。你父在隱密中察看,必定報答你。 你們祈禱的時候,不可重複無意義的話,像教外人一樣,他們以為話多了就蒙垂聽。 你們不可像他們,因為在你們祈求以先,你們的父已經知道你們的需要了。 所以你們要這樣祈禱:

‘我們在天上的父,

願你的名被尊為聖,

10 願你的國降臨,

願你的旨意成就在地上,

如同在天上一樣。

11 我們每天所需的食物,

求你今天賜給我們;

12 赦免我們的罪債,

好像我們饒恕了得罪我們的人;

13 不要讓我們陷入試探,

救我們脫離那惡者。’(有些後期抄本在此有“因為國度、權柄、榮耀,全是你的,直到永遠。阿們”一句)

14 如果你們饒恕別人的過犯,你們的天父也必饒恕你們。 15 如果你們不饒恕別人,你們的父也必不饒恕你們的過犯。

禁食不讓人知

16 “你們禁食的時候,不可像偽君子那樣愁眉苦臉,他們裝成難看的樣子,叫人看出他們在禁食。我實在告訴你們,他們已經得了他們的賞賜。 17 可是你禁食的時候,要梳頭洗臉, 18 不要叫人看出你在禁食,只讓在隱密中的父看見。你父在隱密中察看,必定報答你。

積財於天(B)

19 “不可為自己在地上積聚財寶,因為地上有蟲蛀,有鏽侵蝕,也有賊挖洞來偷。 20 要為自己積聚財寶在天上,那裡沒有蟲蛀鏽蝕,也沒有賊挖洞來偷。 21 你的財寶在哪裡,你的心也在哪裡。

裡面的光(C)

22 “眼睛就是身體的燈。如果你的眼睛健全,全身就都明亮; 23 如果你的眼睛有毛病,全身就都黑暗。如果你裡面的光變成黑暗,這是多麼的黑暗!

不要為明天憂慮(D)

24 “一個人不能服事兩個主人;他若不是恨這個愛那個,就是忠於這個輕視那個。你們不能服事 神,又服事金錢(“金錢”亞蘭文是“瑪門”)。 25 所以我告訴你們,不要為生命憂慮吃甚麼喝甚麼,也不要為身體憂慮穿甚麼。難道生命不比食物重要嗎?身體不比衣服重要嗎? 26 你們看天空的飛鳥:牠們不撒種,不收割,也不收進倉裡,你們的天父尚且養活牠們;難道你們不比牠們更寶貴嗎? 27 你們中間誰能用憂慮使自己的壽命延長一刻呢? 28 何必為衣服憂慮呢?試想田野的百合花怎樣生長,它們不勞苦,也不紡織。 29 但我告訴你們,就是所羅門最威榮的時候所穿的,也比不上這花中的一朵。 30 田野的草,今天還在,明天就投進爐裡, 神尚且這樣妝扮它們;小信的人哪,何況你們呢? 31 所以不要憂慮,說:‘我們該吃甚麼?喝甚麼?穿甚麼?’ 32 這些都是教外人所尋求的,你們的天父原知道你們需要這一切。 33 你們要先求他的國和他的義,這一切都必加給你們。 34 所以不要為明天憂慮,因為明天自有明天的憂慮,一天的難處一天當就夠了。”

施舍不可张扬

“你们小心,不要在众人面前行你们的义,让他们看见;如果这样,就得不到你们天父的赏赐。 因此你施舍的时候,不可到处张扬,好象伪君子在会堂和街上所作的一样,以博取众人的称赞。我实在告诉你们,他们已经得了他们的赏赐。 你施舍的时候,不要让左手知道右手所作的, 好使你的施舍是在隐密中行的。你父在隐密中察看,必定报答你。

如何祷告(A)

“你们祈祷的时候,不可像伪君子;他们喜欢在会堂和路口站着祈祷,好让人看见。我实在告诉你们,他们已经得了他们的赏赐。 但你祈祷的时候,要进到密室里去,关上门,向在隐密中的父祈祷。你父在隐密中察看,必定报答你。 你们祈祷的时候,不可重复无意义的话,像教外人一样,他们以为话多了就蒙垂听。 你们不可像他们,因为在你们祈求以先,你们的父已经知道你们的需要了。 所以你们要这样祈祷:

‘我们在天上的父,

愿你的名被尊为圣,

10 愿你的国降临,

愿你的旨意成就在地上,

如同在天上一样。

11 我们每天所需的食物,

求你今天赐给我们;

12 赦免我们的罪债,

好象我们饶恕了得罪我们的人;

13 不要让我们陷入试探,

救我们脱离那恶者。’(有些后期抄本在此有“因为国度、权柄、荣耀,全是你的,直到永远。阿们”一句)

14 如果你们饶恕别人的过犯,你们的天父也必饶恕你们。 15 如果你们不饶恕别人,你们的父也必不饶恕你们的过犯。

禁食不让人知

16 “你们禁食的时候,不可像伪君子那样愁眉苦脸,他们装成难看的样子,叫人看出他们在禁食。我实在告诉你们,他们已经得了他们的赏赐。 17 可是你禁食的时候,要梳头洗脸, 18 不要叫人看出你在禁食,只让在隐密中的父看见。你父在隐密中察看,必定报答你。

积财于天(B)

19 “不可为自己在地上积聚财宝,因为地上有虫蛀,有锈侵蚀,也有贼挖洞来偷。 20 要为自己积聚财宝在天上,那里没有虫蛀锈蚀,也没有贼挖洞来偷。 21 你的财宝在哪里,你的心也在哪里。

里面的光(C)

22 “眼睛就是身体的灯。如果你的眼睛健全,全身就都明亮; 23 如果你的眼睛有毛病,全身就都黑暗。如果你里面的光变成黑暗,这是多么的黑暗!

不要为明天忧虑(D)

24 “一个人不能服事两个主人;他若不是恨这个爱那个,就是忠于这个轻视那个。你们不能服事 神,又服事金钱(“金钱”亚兰文是“玛门”)。 25 所以我告诉你们,不要为生命忧虑吃甚么喝甚么,也不要为身体忧虑穿甚么。难道生命不比食物重要吗?身体不比衣服重要吗? 26 你们看天空的飞鸟:牠们不撒种,不收割,也不收进仓里,你们的天父尚且养活牠们;难道你们不比牠们更宝贵吗? 27 你们中间谁能用忧虑使自己的寿命延长一刻呢? 28 何必为衣服忧虑呢?试想田野的百合花怎样生长,它们不劳苦,也不纺织。 29 但我告诉你们,就是所罗门最威荣的时候所穿的,也比不上这花中的一朵。 30 田野的草,今天还在,明天就投进炉里, 神尚且这样妆扮它们;小信的人哪,何况你们呢? 31 所以不要忧虑,说:‘我们该吃甚么?喝甚么?穿甚么?’ 32 这些都是教外人所寻求的,你们的天父原知道你们需要这一切。 33 你们要先求他的国和他的义,这一切都必加给你们。 34 所以不要为明天忧虑,因为明天自有明天的忧虑,一天的难处一天当就够了。”

Do Good to Please God

“Take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them. Otherwise you have no reward from your Father in heaven. Therefore, (A)when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory from men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But when you do a charitable deed, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, that your charitable deed may be in secret; and your Father who sees in secret (B)will Himself reward you [a]openly.

The Model Prayer(C)

“And when you pray, you shall not be like the [b]hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. But you, when you pray, (D)go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you [c]openly. And when you pray, (E)do not use vain repetitions as the heathen do. (F)For they think that they will be heard for their many words.

“Therefore do not be like them. For your Father (G)knows the things you have need of before you ask Him. In this (H)manner, therefore, pray:

(I)Our Father in heaven,
Hallowed be Your (J)name.
10 Your kingdom come.
(K)Your will be done
On earth (L)as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our (M)daily bread.
12 And (N)forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors.
13 (O)And do not lead us into temptation,
But (P)deliver us from the evil one.
[d]For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.

14 (Q)“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. 15 But (R)if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

Fasting to Be Seen Only by God

16 “Moreover, (S)when you fast, do not be like the [e]hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward. 17 But you, when you fast, (T)anoint your head and wash your face, 18 so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you [f]openly.

Lay Up Treasures in Heaven(U)

19 (V)“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; 20 (W)but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

The Lamp of the Body(X)

22 (Y)“The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore your eye is [g]good, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eye is [h]bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

You Cannot Serve God and Riches

24 (Z)“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. (AA)You cannot serve God and [i]mammon.

Do Not Worry(AB)

25 “Therefore I say to you, (AC)do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink; nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? 26 (AD)Look at the birds of the air, for they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 Which of you by worrying can add one [j]cubit to his [k]stature?

28 “So why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; 29 and yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not [l]arrayed like one of these. 30 Now if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

31 “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33 But (AE)seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you. 34 Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Footnotes

  1. Matthew 6:4 NU omits openly
  2. Matthew 6:5 pretenders
  3. Matthew 6:6 NU omits openly
  4. Matthew 6:13 NU omits the rest of v. 13.
  5. Matthew 6:16 pretenders
  6. Matthew 6:18 NU, M omit openly
  7. Matthew 6:22 Clear, or healthy
  8. Matthew 6:23 Evil, or unhealthy
  9. Matthew 6:24 Lit., in Aram., riches
  10. Matthew 6:27 About 18 inches
  11. Matthew 6:27 height
  12. Matthew 6:29 dressed

Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.

After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

14 For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal:

21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

22 The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?

27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?

31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.